Zoran Živković graduated from the Department of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade in 1973 with a degree in literary theory. In 1979, he obtained his master's degree with the thesis "Anthropomorphism and the Motif of First Contact in the Works of Arthur C. Clarke," and in 1982, he earned his doctorate from the same university. His doctoral dissertation was titled "The Appearance of Science Fiction as an Artistic Prose Genre." From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, Živković was deeply involved in science fiction. In addition to his two theses, he worked as a publisher, translator, essayist, researcher, and TV presenter. Since the mid-1990s, Živković has shifted away from science fiction and focused on writing general fiction. Between 1993 and early 2016, he wrote 21 fiction books published in 81 foreign editions, in 20 languages across 23 countries. Živković has won numerous literary awards for his fiction works. In 1994, his novel "The Fourth Circle" won the "Miloš Crnjanski" award. In 2003, his mosaic novel "The Library" received the "World Fantasy Award" for Best Novella. In 2007, his novel "The Bridge" won the "Isidora Sekulić" award, and that same year he received the "Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša" award for lifetime achievement in literature. In 2014 and 2015, Živković received three awards for his contributions to speculative fiction: "Art-Anima," "Stanislav Lem," and "The Golden Dragon." In 2005, the Belgrade TV station Studio B produced a TV series titled "The Collector" (Sakupljač) based on Živković's mosaic novel "Twelve Collections." In 2007, renowned Serbian screenwriter Puriša Đorđević directed the film "Two" (Dva), based on Živković's fictional themes. By 2020, his works had been translated into 20 languages.

Ziyauddin Serdar was born in 1951 in Pakistan and moved to East London in 1961. Described as a "critical polymath," he is regarded as one of the top hundred public intellectuals in the UK. He currently serves as a Professor of Postcolonial Studies at City University of London, continuing his academic career. Between 1971 and 1974, he studied Physics and Information Sciences at City University of London, during which he strengthened his relationships with academic institutions and took the lead in establishing new ones. In 1971, Serdar was elected as the General Secretary of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) in the UK. In 1974, he co-founded the Muslim Research and Planning Institute with Kerim Siddiqi, which is now known as The Muslim Institute. The institute aims to address the issues faced by Muslim communities through the lens of Islamic epistemology and to develop alternative social and political systems for the resolution of these issues. Following this, he began working at the Hajj Research Institute in Saudi Arabia.

Tawfiq al-Hakim was a prominent Egyptian writer and visionary, recognized as one of the pioneers of Arabic novels and theater. The vast production of his plays symbolizes the triumphs and failures faced by Egyptian theater in adapting complex forms of communication to Egyptian society. Many scholars consider Tawfiq al-Hakim to be the founder of Arabic theater, and he himself believed he was more suited to playwriting than novel writing. Starting to write plays during his high school years, al-Hakim's The People of the Cave, written in 1933, was deemed one of the significant milestones in Arabic literature by Taha Hussein due to its success in addressing ancient tragedy and fulfilling the formal requirements of language. In addition to his theatrical works, he wrote numerous articles, critiques, and short stories. Notable works of the author include Pygmalion, which addresses the struggle between art and life; Fzeys, inspired by ancient Egyptian legends from the Pharaonic period; The Adventure of Muhammad (PBUH); The Idle Sultan; The Path to Liberation; The Prison of Life; and Oedipus Tyrannus, the famous play by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. Tawfiq al-Hakim was elected to the Higher Council of Art and Literature in 1956 and later became UNESCO’s representative for Egypt, moving to Paris. He continued his role in the Higher Council of Art and Literature until his death in 1987.

Noé Jitrik was an Argentine literary critic, writer, and academic. Born on January 23, 1928, in Argentina, he served as the director of the Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana at the University of Buenos Aires, conducting in-depth studies on Latin American literature and making significant contributions to the field. In the 1950s, he played a pivotal role as a significant contributor to the cultural magazine Contorno, influencing the Argentine literary and intellectual landscape. Jitrik became a recognized authority in literary criticism through his numerous published academic articles and books. In his works, he examined the social and cultural contexts of literature and conducted in-depth analyses of literary texts. He contributed to the development of the literary scene in Argentina and inspired young writers. Noé Jitrik is remembered for his lasting impact on Argentine literature.

The author, born in 1956 in Bucharest, graduated from the Romanian Language and Literature Department of the University of Bucharest in 1980. Between 1980 and 1989, they worked as a Romanian language teacher. Later, they worked as an editor for the magazine Caiete Critice. In 1991, they became a lecturer in the Department of the History of Romanian Languages at their alma mater. As of 2010, the author holds the position of associate professor at the university. Additionally, they served as a guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam in the Dutch capital during the 1994-1995 academic year.

Milorad Pavić (1929-2009) was a Serbian writer, poet, translator, and literary historian. He is best known for his postmodern and experimental works, particularly his novel Dictionary of the Khazars (1984), which breaks away from traditional novel structures by being formatted as a dictionary. This novel offers the reader multiple ways to approach the text, creating an interactive reading experience and is considered a significant example of postmodern literature. Pavić worked across a broad range of literary genres, producing poetry, novels, plays, and short stories. He was also an academic, specializing in 17th and 18th-century Serbian literature, and was involved in literary translations. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages and gained considerable popularity in Europe and South America. By the early 21st century, he was regarded as one of the most intriguing authors. Pavić received numerous awards in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia and was mentioned several times as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He passed away in Belgrade in 2009.

Mamdouh Adwan was a prolific Syrian writer, poet, playwright, and critic. His first poetry collection, Al-Dhul al-Akhdhar (The Green Shadow), was published in 1967, followed by 18 more collections. In addition to his poetry, he published two novels, twenty-five plays, and translated twenty-three books from English into Arabic, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, George Orwell's biography, and Nikos Kazantzakis' Report to Greco. He also wrote several television series and regularly contributed writings on contemporary Arab affairs. Adwan taught at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus. Only a few of his works have been published in English.

In 1948, when he was still a child, his village was occupied and destroyed by Israel, forcing him and his family to flee to Lebanon. They returned to the country in 1949 but, with their village in ruins, they settled in the village of Deir al-Asad. He began writing poetry during his primary education, walking two kilometers to school. He served as editor-in-chief for the Al-Ittihad newspaper and Al-Jadid magazine. The Palestinian poet, whose works have been translated into more than 20 languages, was awarded the International Nazım Hikmet Poetry Prize in 2003. His Beirut Qasidah, written after the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982, earned him the Lenin Prize in the Soviet Union in 1984. The poet was imprisoned multiple times for his poetry and writings, which vividly depicted the hardships of the Palestinian people. In 2006, Mahmoud Darwish, whose name was mentioned among the top candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature, focused on broad themes of human history and geography in his lyrical poetry. Exiled from Israel in 1970, he was forced to travel across various Arab countries for two years. With around 20 of his books translated into Turkish, Darwish passed away following open-heart surgery.

Jeffrey Howard Archer is a bestselling British author and former politician. His roles have included serving as a Member of Parliament and as the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. In 1992, he was granted a life peerage, becoming a member of the House of Lords. Many of Archer's books have been translated into Turkish, and his works typically consist of easy-to-read adventure novels and short stories. Archer frequently explores themes of revenge, often achieved through clever schemes, set against a backdrop of wealth, featuring elements like fine wines, luxury locations, and art collections.

He was born in 1892 in Dolac, near Travnik. He pursued his education in Zagreb, Vienna, and Kraków, eventually completing it at the University of Graz with a doctoral thesis titled "Cultural Life in Bosnia and Herzegovina Under Ottoman Rule." During World War I, he was briefly detained by the Austro-Hungarian authorities due to his nationalist activities. In the post-war years, he worked for the Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving in Budapest, Madrid, Geneva, and Berlin. Andrić's works began to be translated into many languages by the late 1950s. On October 26, 1961, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy. After receiving the Nobel Prize, the number of awards and honors bestowed upon him increased. He was awarded the Order of the Republic in 1962, the July 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina Prize, the AVNOJ Award in 1967, and the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labor in 1972. In addition to being a member of the Yugoslav and Serbian Academies of Sciences and Arts, he was also a correspondent with his Bosnian and Slovenian colleagues and received honorary doctorates from the universities of Belgrade, Sarajevo, and Kraków. He passed away on March 13, 1975, at the age of 82.

Ibrahim Nasrallah was born in 1954 to Palestinian parents who were displaced from the city of Al-Burayj in Palestine in 1948. He spent his childhood and youth in a refugee camp in Jordan and began his career as a teacher in Saudi Arabia. After returning to Amman, he worked in the media and cultural sectors until 2006, when he dedicated his life to writing. He is the recipient of the 2018 Arab Booker Prize. To date, he has published 15 poetry collections, 22 novels, and several other books. In 1985, he began writing the Palestinian Comedy, a series of novels that address 250 years of modern Palestinian history, with each novel standing on its own. So far, 13 novels have been published within this project. Five of his novels and one poetry book have been translated into English, nine into Persian, four into Italian, two into Spanish, and one novel into both Danish and Turkish.

Amir Tag Elsir was born in Sudan in 1960 and studied medicine in Egypt. He currently works as a doctor in Qatar. Having written poetry since his early years, Amir Tag Elsir began writing novels in the 1980s. He has authored thirty books, including novels, biographies, and poetry, with notable works such as The Dowry of Cries, The Copt’s Worries, The French Perfume (2009), and The Crawling of the Ants (2010). His novel The Larvae Hunter (2010) was shortlisted for the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction and has been translated into English and Italian. His novel 366 (2013) was longlisted for the same award in 2014 and was one of the winners of the Qatar Award for Arabic Novels in 2015. His novel The Resort of the Enchantresses (2015) was longlisted for the same award in 2017. Amir Tag Elsir's works have been translated into numerous languages.

He was born in 1961 in Malatya, Türkiye. He attended elementary and middle school in this city. He graduated from Hacettepe University's Department of Turkology. He worked at TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) and retired. During his years at TRT, he directed documentary films on history and culture. His films were shown at various international festivals. He wrote books in the genres of short stories, novels, fairy tales, and essays. Many of his books were published in various world languages. Among these, countries such as England, Germany, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Egypt, Mongolia, Syria, Georgia, Sudan, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Serbia, Pakistan, Bosnia, Iran, and others can be mentioned. The author received numerous literary awards from both domestic and international sources.

Selahattin Yusuf is a Turkish writer. He was born in 1974 in Trabzon. In 1991, he enrolled at Ankara University's Faculty of Political Sciences. During his time at the faculty, he wrote philosophy and literature articles for the Mektebi Mülkiye magazine, which he co-founded with his friends for four years. After graduating from the university, he pursued a master's degree in the same institution. However, he left his thesis defense in the field of Political Science and ended his academic pursuits. He turned towards literature and began working as a freelance writer. He worked as a columnist in weekly magazines such as Aktüel, Ülke, and Gerçek Hayat, as well as in various newspapers.

Born in Istanbul, Kanlıca in 1978, she studied communication and worked in the private sector. While working, she also engaged in voluntary projects for children in various associations and wrote stories. Currently, she lives in Belgium with her spouse, son, and cat, where she continues to write new books. She is the author of several children's books, including Şekerli Sinek, Şekerli Sinek Mavi Orman Yolunda, Bir Salıncak Macerası, Şanslı Kedi Patikare, Küçük Deve Kaşmira and Suya Kulak Ver.